Effective Classroom Management and Instruction: An Exploration of Models. Executive Summary of Final Report.

Evertson, Carolyn M.; And Others

A summary is presented of the final report, "Effective Classroom Management and Instruction: An Exploration of Models." The final report presents a set of linked investigations of the effects of training teachers in effective classroom management practices in a series of school-based workshops. Four purposes were addressed by the study: (1) to identify descriptive models of classroom management and instructional management used by effective and less-effective teachers; (2) to compare and contrast the descriptive models of classroom and instructional managment used by effective and less-effective teachers; (3) to compare and contrast the model of classroom management used in the training workshops with the "models-in-use" demonstrated by both trained and untrained teachers; and (4) to explore relationships among classroom management and student achievement variables, the demands placed on students for academic and social participation, and patterns of instructional interaction. (JD)